Can someone tell me why this script doesn't work?

**FurnaceGuy** · 01-31-2010 11:57 AM

I'm pulling my hair out on this one. When I get it working there will be more model numbers and more manuals added.
Right now, when I run it it pops up the alert telling me my manual doesn't exist before I even enter anything.

Code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<head>
  <title></title>
  <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" />
</head>
<body>
<FORM NAME="askModel">
Please enter your model number : <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="model" SIZE="40">
</INPUT>
<INPUT TYPE="button" VALUE="Submit">
</INPUT>
</FORM>
<script language=""javascript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
manual = document.askModel.model.value;
      switch(manual) {
	  case 'gcva070bx40':
	  window.open('RP6612001.pdf', '_blank');
	  break;
	  case 'gcva070cx40':
	  window.open('RP6612001.pdf', '_blank');
	  break;
	  case 'gcva090bx50':
	  window.open('RP6612001.pdf', '_blank');
	  break;
	  case 'gcva090cx50':
	  window.open('RP6612001.pdf', '_blank');
	  break;
	  default:
	  alert('Your manual does not exist')
	  }
	  -->
	  </script>
</body>
</html>

Thanks to anyone with some insight.

**Fang** · 01-31-2010 12:13 PM

Code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title></title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">

<script type="text/javascript">
function pdfDoc() {
manual = document.askModel.model.value;
      switch(manual) {
	  case 'gcva070bx40':
	  window.open('RP6612001.pdf', '_blank');
	  break;
	  case 'gcva070cx40':
	  window.open('RP6612001.pdf', '_blank');
	  break;
	  case 'gcva090bx50':
	  window.open('RP6612001.pdf', '_blank');
	  break;
	  case 'gcva090cx50':
	  window.open('RP6612001.pdf', '_blank');
	  break;
	  default:
	  alert('Your manual does not exist')
	  }
}
</script>

<style type="text/css">
* {margin:0;padding:0;}
</style>

</head>
<body>
<form name="askModel" action="#" onsubmit="pdfDoc(); return false;">
<div>
<label>Please enter your model number : <input type="text" name="model" size="40"></label>
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>

**FurnaceGuy** · 01-31-2010 12:26 PM

OMG, that works perfectly!
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!

**FurnaceGuy** · 01-31-2010 12:28 PM

One question if you don't mind. Is it ok/proper to put like 200 cases in a switch statement? Or is there a better way?

**Fang** · 01-31-2010 01:02 PM

What you have now can be altered to:

Code:

function pdfDoc() {
manual = document.askModel.model.value;
      switch(manual) {
	  case 'gcva070bx40':
	  case 'gcva070cx40':
	  case 'gcva090bx50':
	  case 'gcva090cx50':
	  window.open('RP6612001.pdf', '_blank');
	  break;
	  default:
	  alert('Your manual does not exist')
	  }
}

Other solutions may be possible depending the relationship between model and pdf.

**FurnaceGuy** · 01-31-2010 01:09 PM

That will be a lot less typing. Thanks again!

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